The right pill for you.

• Autores: Dina Fine Maron
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 315, Nº. 4, 2016, págs. 46-51
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article reports on the reluctance of American doctors to use personalized genetic medicine that offers tests to avoid dangerous drug reactions. Topics include the percentage of medical patients that get a drug that could interact with their genes and cause serious side effects, the availability of inexpensive gene tests in a few hospitals, and the doctors' confusion over when and how to alter drug prescription.